List of Famous people born on February 16th

George Frost Kennan was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States. He was also one of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men".

Kazuo Manabe was a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan.

Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Wallyson Mallmann is a Brazilian midfielder who plays for Leixões S.C.

Achille Castiglioni was an Italian designer of furniture, lighting, radiograms and other objects.

M. A. Wazed Miah was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.